majuscule

英 [mə'dʒʌskjuːl] 美 [mə'dʒʌskjuːl]

• n. 大写字母
• adj. 大写字母的

英英释义

Noun:

1. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis;

   "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
   

Adjective:

1. of or relating to a style of writing characterized by somewhat rounded capital letters; 4th to 8th centuries

2. uppercase;

   "capital A"
   "great A"
   "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• capital 首都
• uppercase 大写字母
• great 很好的
• capital letter 大写字母
• upper-case letter 上档字母

【反义词】

• minuscule 小写字