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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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:
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Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
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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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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 does that mean?

WHMIS

What's

1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
8 ^9 j% h( m- Z; g2. 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
7 b* b2 z( J% ~8 h5 Q9 d& 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
0 C2 D, c+ X) O) a5 _4 q! n# t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?

) U* D5 p5 r+ l# h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。
" v$ V: c0 `; b# n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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/ l$ ?' O  b6 t+ }$ n. F! `/ W7 y1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
& `4 W- L  E, M# A& ?, c2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

如果加上出处就更好了，