| 单词 | oil sand |
| 释义 | oil sandnoun Geology.a sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces. Origin of oil sandAn Americanism dating back to 1880–85 Words nearby oil sandoilpaper, oil patch, oil-plant, oil rig, Oil Rivers, oil sand, oil sands, oilseed, oil-seed rape, oil shale, oilskin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for oil sandoil sand nouna sandstone impregnated with hydrocarbons, esp such deposits in Alberta, Canada Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for oil sandoil sand A stratum of sand or sandstone containing petroleum that can be extracted by way of wells. The term is also applied to limestone and dolomite strata that contain petroleum. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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