capital letter

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

大写字母在书写或打印专有名称时用作个字母的大字母字符之一，有时用作强调

capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

大写字母保存在字体的上半部分，因此被称为大写字母。”

printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate case

打印机曾经把大写字母和小写字母的字体单独放在一个箱子里

capital

uppercase

upper-case letter

majuscule