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

那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？
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km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
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Xbfeng

The reply should be:
"That means ..........."
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把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
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雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
! P6 U+ ^+ I# [0 L* r    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！

what's that mean?
what does that mean?

WHMIS

What'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?

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
( V& M/ K2 e7 n3 F0 `% r  B' W"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
7 I( s. R) e( Y# U  X: b& g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 does that mean?

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
What's
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5 ]% z8 G) A# [0 f' j9 P9 u1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
$ D6 k9 E5 ?( Q- N- \2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

如果加上出处就更好了，