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

% g9 ]) {' @' w+ p$ i* ]那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

7 r7 Y' _/ f, Q# |" Z& e但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
"That means ..........."
Then you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
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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
   淆习了

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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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WHMIS

What's
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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?

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
- \0 |" D! c" A$ }2 ^: |"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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4 K: W6 h& K$ w* W4 [5 |/ |3 s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
; B  L3 \$ m: P& s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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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。
6 D0 m( p. V3 l. l0 Y. u# X所以还应该是 What does that mean?

Touareg

原帖由 WHMIS 于 2009-3-23 18:40 发表
" l6 m7 f+ m" s+ L5 BWhat's
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" ?  V  j$ K1 P: M+ h1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
1 \' I  D/ N  q+ M( J+ Y$ X0 `( g9 u2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

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