His signature was just a squiggle but only he could make that squiggle.

他的签名仅仅是胡乱写的字，但只有他才能写出这个样儿。

A squiggle implies that you are too busy and disinterested in the letter.

胡乱的签名将意味着你过于繁忙并对此信漠不关心。

Either way, the signal ends up looking like an erratic wavelike squiggle.

无论哪种方法，信号最终看到的都是看起来像不规则波浪形的波形曲线。

With a squiggle of Laura Bo's penDher signature was usually unreadableDshe could make the check official.

劳拉?波只要大笔一挥――她的签字往往是难以辨认的――就可以使这张支票生效。

With a squiggle of Laura Bo's pen - her signature was usually unreadable - she could make the check official.

劳拉·波只要大笔一挥——她的签字往往是难以辨认的——就可以使这张支票生效。

You will notice upon using this tool that juice flies everywhere and the garlic itself is left in rectangular squiggle shapes.

这种方式会使蒜汁溅得到处都是，蒜蓉会留在压蒜器中。

That's because the erratic squiggle is, effectively, the sum of a number of much more regular squiggles, which represent different frequencies of sound.

那是因为不规则的波形曲线事实上由多个规则波形曲线叠加起来的，而每一个代表着声音的不同频率。

I was fascinated to see how my breathing changed when I was speaking-each squiggle elongated as I took a big gulp of air and let it stream out over several seconds.

看到自己说话时呼吸如何改变，真是令人惊奇：每条曲线都延长，我会先大吸一口气、然后花几秒钟时间让空气慢慢流出去。

"Frequency" just means the rate at which air molecules go back and forth, or a voltage fluctuates, and it can be represented as the rate at which a regular squiggle goes up and down.

频率“通常是指空气粒子来回运动的速率或者电压的波动，所以它能代表一个规则波形曲线上下波动的节律。”

Another parenting practice with which Chua takes issue is Americans' habit, as she puts it, of "slathering praise on their kids for the lowest of tasks — drawing a squiggle or waving a stick."

另一个蔡美儿诟病的父母做法，用她自己的话讲，是美国人习惯“孩子完成了最低级的任务就滥加表扬— 比如画条歪歪扭扭的线或者挥挥木棒。”