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

Ed Meyers 说话时， 他直在张纸地写下毫无意义的花体字样。

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. 巴克从背心口袋里拿出张纸片钢笔，在椅子坐下，盘起双腿，开始地写下毫无意义的曲折卷曲，这是他在担心或非常感兴趣时的习惯。