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？

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:
  b; G* x: l9 l' v: @/ K"That means ..........."
' g, C6 R  W. u' w# F3 a, P/ |Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
/ g) x$ {- {7 ~5 V9 z0 l- fWhat's it like?
What's he eat?
& d/ @3 k3 e0 p4 [% fWhat's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
- [6 o0 G2 G0 h) r7 P. ^    淆习了

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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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1 U. B0 c! I' u2 N- `' H* _/ Nwhat does that mean?

WHMIS

What's
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6 R6 k& n/ `. i& n4 L1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
& @4 S5 k. S! ]- k2. 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
2 [& W3 C/ }# c3 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.

' b' R+ f, d/ s% o& ]6 p9 ?& a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
  \* {' x3 A8 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！

what's that mean?
3 |" q$ e- h/ o4 D5 K: ?7 Q+ p6 ^1 |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

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
; \. D% G$ \3 b( w: Z- V2 k- M2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

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如果加上出处就更好了，