double 用作形容词时后接单数名词
an egg with a double yolk 双黄蛋
He did it with a double purpose. 他这样做有双重目的。
We must make a double check of this safety apparatus.
我们须对这一安全设备作两次仔细的检查。
He is playing double dealing.
他在耍两面派。
[注意:double meaning 前无a,如换用a double game,前须有a,意思相同]
Because he has published a few articles, he considers himself a real doubledome.
他因为发表了几篇文章,就自以为是很有学问的人了。
[dome 原指“圆房顶”,后引申为人的头脑,doubledome 指“有双重头脑”。]
It has the double advantage of being cheap and at the same time very good.
它具有价廉物又美的双重优点。