The string would pull his finger and wake him.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

If the dyke goes--here's the image of the Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke.

如果堤坝垮了,这张图片就是一个男孩指着堤坝

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

And Charles Darwin actually, who was an astute observer of human behavior, tells a nice story to illustrate this: how "a native touched with his finger some cold preserved meat and plainly showed disgust at its softness whilst I felt utter disgust at my food being touched by a naked savage though his hands did not appear dirty."

达尔文，对人类行为观察入微，他有一个故事很好地解释了反感：,“一个土著用手指碰冷腌肉,那种软软的质地让他感到很反感,而让我感无无比反感的是我的食物,被一个没穿衣取的土著碰了，虽然他的手不脏“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And each brother wears a ring on the third finger of his left hand.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

He was motionless, all but for one finger that moved up and down in front of his face as if he were marking time with it.

他一动也不动，除了一根手指在他的面前上下摆动,好像在用它标记时间。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选