在大城市里，堵車猶如家常便飯。不想被堵在路上，又不愿在地鐵里人擠人？“電動腳踏車”是個既方便又環(huán)保的出行方式。

Pedelec refers to a bicycle equipped with an electric motor that assists the rider's pedaling.
“電動腳踏車”指裝有助力騎車人蹬車的電機(jī)的自行車。

該詞是由pedal(腳踏車)和electric(電動的)組合而成的。

除了pedelec，其他常見裝有小型電機(jī)的輕便式交通工具還有scooter(小輪摩托車)和electric bike(電動自行車)。

For example：

Previously, electric bikes and pedelecs — bicycles fitted with small motors — were required to share the road with cars, though the laws were decidedly fuzzy.
此前，當(dāng)局要求裝有小型電機(jī)的電動腳踏車和電動自行車與汽車共用車道，雖然法律對此的界定顯然很模糊。

（中國日報網(wǎng)英語點津 丁一）