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
0 E# }/ P4 C& A% f/ ?
那么这个 ’s 是不是应该是 does 呢？

4 |+ F% L0 D3 u7 A* E8 @但似乎把 does 省略成 ’s 比较少见

km8831

唔係太了解問什麼
2 A& X6 g; J5 ?& z& r; o3 b% r) T抱歉

Xbfeng

The reply should be:
/ A# m9 s0 |% u1 r' M"That means ..........."
" I+ o& n1 ]  E. k  }( _8 o2 m3 `6 YThen you will understand " 这个 's  应该是 does "
$ w) A* Y& ?  \把 does 省略成 's 不少见:
2 W" u5 L& H; i% M3 WWhat's it like?
What's he eat?
% r2 h  T* ]" K4 f6 ^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

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！
! w; @) i; `3 z% K8 y& T/ u
$ T* W/ x- i7 z$ Owhat's that mean?
! q. s1 G% x+ w9 Gwhat does that mean?

WHMIS

What's
& B1 e0 n/ z3 F1 m8 C
! G* g+ \- g3 K; P' `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
$ _+ [6 |3 n7 d9 k"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.
3 i) \) R% R& l* p' P8 o
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
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！
6 u4 s/ e- e9 A, G' F% }& P
what's that mean?
what does that mean?

! n8 b8 N/ g( [0 ]9 {' }2 Z& W: F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
5 U6 B% T" J% V5 }0 G9 b( kWhat's
4 F7 h, J/ O3 V% x4 @1 I4 ~7 x& a
; p' X  w& O% s5 J  |3 a1. contraction of what is or what has: What's the matter? What's been done?  
+ u! j9 g: e6 d$ @' S; V2. contraction of what does: What's she do for a living?

2 @; l# Q% V2 g- y+ _% U* u+ X) H4 \
如果加上出处就更好了，