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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那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

! A9 z4 F' c0 K! I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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8 [/ p4 G1 L) I; M9 P5 aThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
What's it like?
8 a  Q  o; d5 h' d- o6 Z" Q) @5 I* nWhat'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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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

, L- U7 {- c4 t7 g; i, m2 G2 z5 I0 _6 C1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
6 D9 Y6 P  L8 F& u' J" _# o2. 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
8 d! U. y) R; l6 g# }6 P, a6 D, g$ g$ f" D"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
6 u& x9 w; h& h9 K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。
$ H  m$ R/ t  h" H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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- K* E: |1 l  h! z8 `$ I# l1. 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，