1.APMeight singers or musicians performing together 八重唱组合;八重奏乐团
2.APMa piece of music for an octet 八重奏(曲);八重唱(曲)
Examples from the Corpus
octet• The band began as an octet, but spent most of the set in various sub-divisions, from quartet through to septet.• An octet from Howard was invited to sing for some religious programmes.
Originoctet
(1800-1900)Latinocto“eight” + English-et (as in duet)