He had been scrawling meaningless curlycues on a piece of paper as Ed Meyers talked.

Ed Meyers 说话时， 他一直在一张纸上潦草地写下毫无意体字样。

T. A. Buck took from a vest pocket a scrap of paper and a fountain pen, slid down in his chair, crossed his legs, and began to scrawl meaningless twists and curlycues, as was his wont when worried or deeply interested.

T. A. 巴克从背心拿出一张纸片和一支钢笔，在椅子上坐下，盘起双腿，开始潦草地写下毫无意曲折和卷曲，这是他在担心或非常感兴趣时习惯。