double在这里是副词吧。double是可以做作副词,与twice同样的用法,twice只有副词一种词性,虽然og 11 128中说Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.中Double is used in place of twice;是个错误。但一般语法中,double可以替换twice用(可查薄冰的高级语法)。