There was a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in, a nest

There was a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in, a nest of small tables and a dark,imposing bookcase. Now all this furniture was to be sold, and with it his own past. We can see coherence by ______ in the above sentences.
A、antonymy
B、synonymy
C、homonymy
D、hyponymy
【正确答案】：D
【题目解析】：从题干中可以看到首先提到几个下义祠a fine rocking-chair his father used to sit in, a nest of small tables an a dark，imposing bookcase,第二句给出上义词furniture，因此，可以说运用了上下义关系，因此D选项为答案。见课本第100页。