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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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
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
2 n8 F" v! |  j* H( t: t"That means ..........."
' ^6 `0 C8 h! b: aThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
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; ?' S1 R4 {! U, ^- ~: D; CWhat's it like?
; j6 B, L8 }# GWhat'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
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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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1 ?' R" b9 @1 q4 G1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
& a( {8 y( n5 T% T2. 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
; y4 K# X% J& V8 q"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.

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
8 z- u7 t3 X/ R  l, d, h* a0 c$ }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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8 a3 W. u$ t; d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

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?

如果加上出处就更好了，