Meaning: The people at the party are dancing and not listening to the requests to make the music quieter.
Choice of Words: People - human beings; dance - move rhythmically to music; ignoring - not paying attention to; pleas - requests or appeals.
Alternative Expressions
Dancers twirl, deaf to entreaties.
Meaning: This means that the dancers are spinning around and not paying attention to the urgent requests that are being made to them.
Choice of Words: The dancers are the ones doing the twirling. Twirl means to spin around quickly. Deaf means unable to hear. Entreaties are urgent requests.
Terpsichoreans gyrate, heedless of supplications.
Meaning: This means that the dancers are moving in a circular motion and not paying attention to the humble requests that are being made to them.
Choice of Words: The Terpsichoreans are the dancers. Gyrates means to move in a circular motion. Heedless means not paying attention. Supplications are humble requests.