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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. J+ p3 z2 A0 o9 f: |那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？
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2 w6 f- G4 X8 T+ b  f# d但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
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Xbfeng

The reply should be:
. p6 l! n* q1 a. k"That means ..........."
7 \) ^$ P" C4 k* i1 V: QThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
3 n( v. q: ~' R. N" Y: E) JWhat'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
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' Q0 H# U: U. K! L1 G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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what's that mean?
8 g( n6 [1 B. Swhat 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?  
* M$ n- x9 T3 Y: P$ P2. 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
! E8 v% G" c# N0 S! b) H"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
; \$ _5 `2 i1 s0 o& X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?

+ m" l' F% B) ^, ~: ?3 p8 @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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1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
  I1 `# g% J8 W5 ]# N) u( V2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

. e* ?) w! E2 W7 X9 x% ^9 I* ^如果加上出处就更好了，