At first one, then another, then almost every member of the crowd touches the three middle fingers of their left hand to their lips and holds it out to me.

开始有一个人，然后另一个，接着几乎人群中的每个人都伸出了他们的左手，用三根手指触碰了下他们的嘴唇，然后伸向了我。

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The dot operator applies only to objects of class type: the left-hand operand must be an object of class type; the right-hand operand must name a member of that type.

点操作符仅应用于类类型的对象：左操作数必须是类类型的对象，右操作数必须指定该类型的成员。

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If off-spinner Hauritz is ruled out after being hit on the middle finger of his right hand during the team's final practice session, left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will be the only member of their attack to play in all three Tests.

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