greeble

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object and add visual interest, particularly in movie special effects.
  2. Any of a set of invented novel objects used as stimuli in psychological studies of object and face recognition.
    — Because, compared to other objects, face recognition seems to be especially sensitive to stimulus orientation, Gauthier had subjects perform a matching task with upright or inverted faces and greebles in the scanner, hypothesizing that greeble expertise would be specific to viewing them in the trained, upright orientation.
  3. (informal, whimsical) An imaginary or invisible creature, such as a bug or spirit, that a cat or other pet is perceived to be chasing or reacting to, often characterized by sudden, frantic movements as if hunting something unseen. collective,countable
动词 v.
  1. To add greebles to a surface. transitive
    — We're going to greeble the surface of the model to give it a more convincing look.

词形变化

greebles plural greebles present,singular,third-person greebling participle,present greebled participle,past greebled past

词源

词源 1
* A neologism that was originally coined and used by the prop-makers from Industrial Light & Magic while working on production of the original Star Wars film.
* The objects in psychology were named by the American psychologist Robert Abelson.
词源 2
* A neologism that was originally coined and used by the prop-makers from Industrial Light & Magic while working on production of the original Star Wars film.
* The objects in psychology were named by the American psychologist Robert Abelson.
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