lower-case

n.小写

All of the signs were printed using lower case lettering. 所有的标志都是用小写字母打印出来的。

For English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters. 就英语而言，排字工人通常有两个字盘，即包含大写字母的上方字盘和包含小写字母的下方字盘。