noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
oil-containing; oil-bearing; oil impregnation
Technical term used in engineering, geology, and materials science to describe substances or formations that contain or are impregnated with oil.
Oil-bearing strata extend across this region.
Seeds with a high oil content were selected.
oil-bearing stratum; oil strata
oil shale
oil-retaining bearing
Compound of 含 (contain) and 油 (oil). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'oil-containing'.