A squiggle is a short wavy line that twists about with no regular shape — the kind of line you draw while waiting on the phone, or the loops a child makes before learning to write. The key idea is irregular: a wave drawn neatly is a wavy line, but a squiggle wanders.

A squiggle一個squiggle（彎彎曲曲的線） is a short wavy line是一條短短、彎來彎去的線 that twists about with no regular shape扭來扭去、沒有固定形狀 the kind of line you draw while waiting on the phone就像你講電話等待時隨手畫的那種線 or the loops a child makes before learning to write或是小孩學寫字之前畫的那些圈圈。The key idea關鍵的想法是 is irregular不規則 a wave drawn neatly一條畫得整整齊齊的波浪線 is a wavy line叫做波浪線 but a squiggle wanders但squiggle是漫無目的地亂繞

People use it in three common ways. For drawing and decoration: a squiggle of icing on a cake, a pattern of squiggles on a shirt. For handwriting you cannot read: his signature is just a squiggle. And for symbols and marks you do not know the name of — accents, mathematical signs, characters in an unfamiliar script — where speakers fall back on that little squiggle over the n.

People use it大家用這個詞 in three common ways有三種常見的方式。For drawing and decoration用在畫畫和裝飾上 a squiggle of icing on a cake蛋糕上一條squiggle狀的糖霜 a pattern of squiggles on a shirt襯衫上一整片squiggle的花紋。For handwriting you cannot read用在看不懂的字跡上 his signature is just a squiggle他的簽名就只是一團squiggle。And for symbols and marks you do not know the name of還有用在你不知道名稱的符號和記號上 accents, mathematical signs, characters in an unfamiliar script像重音符號、數學符號，或不熟悉的文字裡的字元 where speakers fall back on that little squiggle over the n這時候大家就會說「n上面那個小squiggle」來代替

That last use can sound dismissive, so be careful using it about someone's writing system.

That last use最後這個用法 can sound dismissive可能聽起來有點輕視 so be careful所以要小心 using it about someone's writing system用它來說某人的書寫系統

It is also a verb: the line squiggled across the page, or she squiggled her name at the bottom. Informal but perfectly ordinary in speech.

It它 is also a verb也可以當動詞 the line squiggled across the page那條線squiggle著劃過整張紙 or she squiggled her name at the bottom或是她在底下squiggle出自己的名字。Informal但仍是日常說話裡 but perfectly ordinary in speech完全普通的一個詞