upper-case
/ˌʌpə ˈkeɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌpər ˈkeɪs/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌə-pər-ˈkās How to pronounce uppercase (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /ˌʌp.əˈkeɪs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌʌp.ɚˈkeɪs/ (ame, ipa)
upper-case — 名詞
1. the bigger and taller version of a letter of the alphabet, such as A or B, used
大寫
字母的大寫形式
the bigger and taller version of a letter of the alphabet, such as A or B, used at the start of a sentence or for someone's name — the opposite form from lower case (a, b, c)
The title of the book was written entirely in upper case.
那本書的書名完全用大寫字母書寫。
Xiu noticed that the street signs used upper case for all the place names.
Xiu 注意到街道標誌上的所有地名都使用了大寫。
collocation: 'use + upper case + for [something]'
Signs in the airport use upper case to make the gates easier to read.
機場裡的標示牌使用大寫，讓旅客更容易辨識登機門。
The teacher told the class to write their surnames in upper case on the form.
老師告訴全班在表格上用大寫字母寫自己的姓氏。
Place names such as Taipei and London always begin with an upper-case letter.
像 Taipei 和 London 這樣的地名，開頭永遠要用大寫字母。
- capital letters
more common in everyday speech; 'upper case' is the standard technical term
- uppercase
one-word spelling, equally common in modern use
- caps
informal abbreviation, often used in instructions ('all caps')
- block capitals
specifically refers to capital letters of the same height, often for forms
- lower case
the small form of letters
- lowercase
one-word spelling of the antonym
用法筆記
Used without an article in phrases like 'in upper case'. The uncountable noun form (e.g. 'Use upper case') is more common than the countable 'an upper-case letter'.
常見錯誤
upper-case — 形容詞
1. written or printed as a capital letter rather than a small one — for example, an
大寫的
用大寫字母書寫的
written or printed as a capital letter rather than a small one — for example, an upper-case A is written as 'A' not 'a'
Gita wrote her name in upper-case letters at the top of the page.
Gita 用大寫字母在頁面頂端寫下自己的名字。
The email system does not require any upper-case characters in the username.
這個電子郵件系統在使用者名稱中不需要任何大寫字元。
pattern: 'upper-case characters' — used with computing terms
Each sentence should begin with an upper-case letter and end with a full stop.
每個句子開頭都應該用一個大寫字母，並以句號結尾。
An upper-case letter A looks quite different from a lower-case a in most fonts.
在大部分字型中，大寫的 A 和小寫的 a 看起來很不一樣。
The librarian asked Dewi to check whether the book titles used upper-case format.
圖書館員請 Dewi 確認書籍標題是否使用了大寫格式。
- lower-case
describes small letters ('a', 'b', 'c')
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively (before a noun): 'an upper-case letter', 'upper-case characters'. The adjective does not typically appear predicatively (e.g., 'the letter is upper case' uses the noun form instead).
常見錯誤
upper-case — 動詞
- upper-casepresent simple I / you / we / they
- upper-cases3rd person singular
- upper-casing-ing form
- upper-casedpast simple
1. to write or print a letter, word, or piece of text using capital letters instead
以大寫書寫
用大寫字母書寫或排版
to write or print a letter, word, or piece of text using capital letters instead of small ones
Selim decided to upper-case all the headings in his document.
Selim 決定將文件中的所有標題改成大寫。
The editor asked Marco to upper-case the first letter of each chapter.
編輯請 Marco 將每個章節的第一個字母改成大寫。
Please remember to upper-case the name of the city when you fill in the form.
請記得在填寫表格時，將城市名稱的第一個字母大寫。
In the report, the team upper-cased all the section titles for consistency.
在報告中，團隊為了統一而將所有章節標題改成大寫。
The first word of each new sentence can be upper-cased automatically by the software.
每個新句子的第一個詞都可以由軟體自動轉為大寫。
- capitalize
more common in everyday English and formal writing
- uppercase
one-word spelling, common in computing contexts
- lower-case
to write in small letters
- lowercase
one-word spelling of the antonym
文法句型
upper-case + noun phrase
用法筆記
Less common than the noun and adjective forms; 'capitalize' is more frequent in everyday use. In computing interfaces and editing instructions, 'uppercase' (one word) is also common as a verb.