$('span',this)

<div>Zero-th <span></span></div>
<div>First <span></span></div>
<div>Second <span></span></div>


<script>
        $("div").attr("id", function (arr) {
            return "div-id" + arr;
        }).each(function () {
            $("span", this).html("(ID = '<b>" + this.id + "</b>')");
        });
/*   
//下面这种写法和上main写法一样 
$("div").attr("id", function (arr) {
        return "div-id" + arr;
    }).each(function () {
        $(this).find('span').html("(ID = '<b>" + this.id + "</b>')");
    });
*/
</script>
也即是：$('span',this)相当于$(this).find($('span'))