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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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:
"That means ..........."
' @. h4 u4 K( D9 g2 D. L7 oThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
! w; v$ I+ T+ L' c. I把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
What's he eat?
8 L( _- L& y6 w0 w' IWhat's she look like?

雲吞

   淆习了

翠花

原帖由 雲吞 于 2009-3-23 13:55 发表
   淆习了

3 b0 H3 h- I( U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?
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?  
- Z  z9 k5 d7 ]* D+ ?/ 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
. O- Z/ b  V9 ^( b"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
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！

& ]: L$ I  b5 ]8 n0 xwhat's that mean?
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
" W4 X% ?; e1 R- V) {, @. _
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，