What's that mean?

雲吞

我经常听别人这么说，不光是中国人，洋人也这么说
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: l7 D* o+ H0 [- N; x8 B那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

  F  J' y  h3 Y, S7 F但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
"That means ..........."
: ~# `: C# E. p* K5 J9 ~7 tThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
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What's it like?
What's he eat?
What's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
   淆习了

不好好xiao习，净整显示图片了～

yoye

为什么是does?我怎么觉得那个该是is阿，mean可以理解成名词！如果理解成动词，does就不该缩写成那样！

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WHMIS

What's

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7 [6 m2 M% M; i* V2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

翠花

跟同事讨论了一下，也许是what is it means to be? 把后面的to be省掉了？不过也有老外同事说就是what does的缩写。

billzhao

学习了
5 l# D) O7 S7 ]* K8 ^0 s2 ^"What's" for "what does" is moderately common in spoken informal BrE, but not all speakers would use it. You would be more likely to hear it in a non-standard variety of British English, for instance.

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sweetspot

either is or does.

Touareg

原帖由 yoye 于 2009-3-23 18:30 发表
为什么是does?我怎么觉得那个该是is阿，mean可以理解成名词！如果理解成动词，does就不该缩写成那样！
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, D9 Y" n% w  `3 Z0 F  _那可不是随便理解的事。mean做名词的时候只有中值的意思，意思的名词应该是meaning。
所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
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# L7 g( n1 w' `: s1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

7 D. @2 i$ n3 w% G7 N. j如果加上出处就更好了，