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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+ P0 {6 X, A8 i" t0 V, f5 Z那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

4 w# X7 _) b: N" h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 ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
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What's it like?
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/ |5 E9 q; W2 E% a+ S  C+ aWhat'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

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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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- [3 H1 ^) U0 ]/ twhat's that mean?
6 v( ]. j, v$ U* o& L+ J5 `what does that mean?

WHMIS

What's

6 p$ G. v# B9 t! z8 k, {3 z% H1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
. j4 B6 |6 J# [9 f3 k; H2. 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
. e/ c8 F1 K4 C# q+ b' b"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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说这是英式口语的缩写，不知然否

sweetspot

either is or does.

Touareg

原帖由 yoye 于 2009-3-23 18:30 发表
( r1 j2 P- U9 b- P4 s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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what's that mean?
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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
. f+ g+ o' J* M0 `! yWhat's
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1. 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?

( L0 G0 L( o, w, h# x9 m6 V* P( J6 I如果加上出处就更好了，